An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

(Paperback, Main)

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'Inspiring' - GUARDIAN
'Heartbreaking' - INDEPENDENT
'Beautiful' - MATT HAIG

A Best Book for Summer in The Times, Guardian and The i
Independent Book of the Month

Caring is an issue that affects us all - as bestselling novelist Kate Mosse knows all too well.

Kate has cared in turn for her father and mother, and for Granny Rosie, her 90-year-old mother-in-law. Along the way she has experienced the joys, challenges and frustrations shared by an invisible army of carers.

At the heart of this care lie everyday acts of love, and the realisation that, sooner or later, most of us will come to rely on an extra pair of hands.

'Lifts the spirits without pulling punches' - IAN RANKIN

Reviews

'Brilliant ... uplifting, inspiring, a tribute to love' - Elif Shafak

'A beautiful, profoundly moving book about society's most vital glue - care' - Rachel Clarke

'A must read' - Penny Wincer

'Essential reading' - Madeleine Bunting

'I read it in one sitting' - Christie Watson

'Irresistible' RACHEL JOYCE

'Questions how and why we fetishise independence when the reality of human experience is always interdependence' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE DAY

'Heartfelt, funny and at times heartbreaking. 10/10' INDEPENDENT

'Utterly beautiful' FRANCESCA SEGAL

Author Bio

Kate Mosse is an international bestselling novelist, playwright and nonfiction author with sales of more than eight million copies in 38 languages. Renowned for bringing unheard and under-heard histories to life, she is a champion of women's creativity. Kate is the Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Founder of the global 'Woman In History' campaign and a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester. Kate lives in West Sussex with her husband and mother-in-law. @katemosse